Session 1. Time Scales and Rates of Change

Current hypotheses on rates of change, feedback mechanisms, tipping points and phase relations in the ocean-climate system, all depend on our knowledge of the time-scale they operate and on the accuracy of their underlying chronologies.

In this session, we invite scientists to present their newest findings to challenge long-standing issues in paleoceanography, regarding the full spectrum of time-scales, i.e. from tectonic to astronomical to millennial to decadal scales. These findings may include amongst others, new and/or more accurate age constraints, uncertainty calculations, phase relationships, leads-lags in the ocean climate system or the inter-comparison between radiometric and astronomical dating techniques.